
An estimated 53 million people in the United States provide uncompensated care to an adult or child, often a relative or loved one.
Today is a day to honor that essential and often under-appreciated work, and to recognize that roughly 75% of caregivers are female. Often caregivers are stretched thin by this extra work, and may suffer stress and poor health themselves as they try to provide care for someone else. Take time to appreciate the caregivers in your own life today, and enjoy one of these sapphic books featuring a main character who is a parent or caregiver to a child.